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parasiticide en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˌpæɹəˈsɪtɪsaɪd/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English parasite Latin -cīdader. Middle French -cidebor. English -cide English parasiticide From parasite + -cide.

Meanings

  1. Any substance used to kill parasites.
    • Dung beetles dived into delicious organic cowpats left by longhorn cattle that hadn’t been fed wormers and parasiticides 2020 February 25, Christopher de Bellaigue, “The end of farming?”, in The Guardian:

Forms

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Translations (7)

pt parasiticida (substance used to kill parasites) · es parasiticida (substance used to kill parasites) · pl środek pasożytobójczy (substance used to kill parasites) · fr parasiticide (substance used to kill parasites) · is sníkladeyðir (substance used to kill parasites) · fi loismyrkky (substance used to kill parasites) · ru паразитици́д (substance used to kill parasites)